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Corpus Linguistics in the Chevron Two-Step
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In: BYU Law Review (2018)
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Know thyself? Self- vs. other-assessment of second language pronunciation
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This dissertation investigates how L2 speakers’ assessment of their own pronunciation compares to the assessment of these speakers’ pronunciation by different types of listeners. Study 1 investigated the associations between L2 speakers’ pronunciation self-assessment and the assessment by L1 listeners. Eighty-two L2 English speakers performed a picture narrative task and rated their own speech. These speech samples were also rated by eight inexperienced L1 English listeners. Pearson correlation and paired t-test analyses revealed that the speakers’ self-assessment was significantly different from L1 English listeners’ assessment, and that poor performers overestimated their performance while top performers underestimated it. Study 2 investigated the associations between L2 speakers’ pronunciation self-assessment and the assessment by L1 listeners, L2 listeners who shared an L1 with the speakers, and L2 listeners who did not share an L1 with the speakers. Forty-one L1 Mandarin speakers performed a picture narrative task in English and rated their own pronunciation. These speech samples were also rated by L1 English listeners, L1 Mandarin listeners, and L1 mixed listeners. Pearson correlation and paired t-test analyses revealed that the alignment between self- and other-assessment varied according to the L1 background of the listeners and the construct under evaluation. Study 3 investigated if L2 listeners had an advantage over L1 listeners at comprehending L2 speech, and if the L1 background and proficiency level of the L2 speakers and listeners affected this potential advantage. Forty-one Mandarin-accented English speech samples from a picture narrative task were rated for comprehensibility by three groups of listeners – L1 English listeners, L1 Mandarin listeners, and L1 mixed listeners. Paired t-test analyses revealed that L1 Mandarin listeners perceived the Mandarin-accented speech to be more comprehensible than the L1 English listeners did, and this benefit was observed with three different proficiency combinations when proficiency was taken into consideration. Although overall the L1 mixed listeners did not perceive the Mandarin-accented speech to be more comprehensible than the L1 English listeners did, when proficiency was taken into consideration, the picture was more complex – while a comprehensibility benefit was observed with one specific proficiency combination, a comprehensibility detriment was observed with a different proficiency pairing.
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Applied linguistics; English as a second language; Second language acquisition; Second language pronunciation assessment; TESOL
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Acoustic characteristics and learner profiles of low, mid and high-level second language fluency
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“Cunt”: on the perception and handling of verbal dynamite by L1 and LX users of English
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The perception-production link revisited: the case of Japanese learners' English /r/ performance
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Grammatical change in Paris French: in situ question words in embedded contexts
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Advanced second language segmental and suprasegmental acquisition
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Introduction: Multicultural youth vernaculars in Paris and urban France
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“Il parle normal, il parle comme nous”: self-reported usage and attitudes in a banlieue
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Linguistic dimensions of l2 accentedness and comprehensibility vary across speaking tasks
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The role of aptitude in second language segmental learning: the case of Japanese learners’ English /r/ pronunciation attainment in classroom settings
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Phrase-final words in Greek storytelling speech: a study on the effect of a culturally-specific prosodic feature on short-term memory
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Understanding Chinese high school students’ foreign language enjoyment: validation of the Chinese version of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale
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Explicit and implicit aptitude effects on second language speech learning: scrutinizing segmental and suprasegmental sensitivity and performance via behavioural and neurophysiological measures
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